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Catholic Church

Looking to Jesus and Buddha, a Kentucky Passionist Priest Finds Hope Amid an Enveloping Global Environmental Crisis

Father Joe Mitchell works to create a “new story” that recognizes the interconnectedness of people and nature.

By James Bruggers

A statue of Jesus stands outside the Passionist monastery in Louisville, Ky. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News
Pope Leo XIV bids farewell to King Charles III in the San Damaso courtyard during his visit to the Vatican on Oct. 23. Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

How a Historic Meeting Between Pope Leo and King Charles Might Shift the Narrative on ‘Creation Care’

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Pope Leo XIV delivers a speech with a chunk of glacial ice during a climate conference on Wednesday in Albano Laziale, Italy. Credit: Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media via Getty Images

In First Address on Climate Change, Pope Leo Signals Continuity With Francis—and Opposition to Trump

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

A field camera captures an endangered jaguar roaming in southern Arizona on Aug. 6. Credit: Courtesy of the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center

Activists Decry New Border Wall’s Impact on Wildlife

By Anita Snow, National Catholic Reporter

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV arrives on the central balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica for the first time after the cardinals ended the conclave in the Vatican on May 8. Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

How Green Is Pope Leo XIV?

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Pope Francis arrives for the welcoming ceremony of a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, where he urged young Catholics to focus on caring for the planet and fighting climate change, on Aug. 3, 2023. Credit: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images

‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet

By Kiley Bense

Sister Susan Francois is part of a group of nuns from New Jersey who have filed a shareholder resolution with Citibank for the past three years, on Indigenous rights and fossil fuel funding. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Investor Nuns’ Shareholder Resolutions Aim to Stop Wall Street Financing of Fossil Fuel Development on Indigenous Lands

By Keerti Gopal

On the Frontlines in a ‘Cancer Alley,’ Black Women Inspired by Faith Are Powering the Environmental Justice Movement

By James Bruggers

Pope Francis addresses the meeting "Faith and Science: Towards COP26" on Oct. 4, 2021 in The Vatican, sending an appeal to participants in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, scheduled from November 1 to 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. Credit: Alessandro Di Meo/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Catholic Bishops in the US Largely Ignore the Pope’s Concern About Climate Change, a New Study Finds

By James Bruggers

Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington will soon be the first African American Catholic cardinal. Credit: Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The First African American Cardinal Is a Climate Change Leader

By James Bruggers

Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during the Sunday Angelus prayer earlier this month. Credit: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty

Five Years After Speaking Out on Climate Change, Pope Francis Sounds an Urgent Alarm

By James Bruggers

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